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Letter: Character matters in a president

By Frederick Lehr, Grays River
Published: May 9, 2024, 6:00am

If you’re still supporting Donald Trump for president, you’re saying that the 91 criminal indictments, or his sexual assault and bank fraud guilty verdicts don’t really matter to you. You’re saying that stealing from his charitable foundation or paying a doctor to write a phony bone spur excuse to avoid the Vietnam draft, and calling wounded and dead soldiers losers and suckers, also don’t matter.

You’re saying that siding with Putin’s invasion of Ukraine, lying about a stolen election, encouraging an insurrection and threatening to suspend the Constitution also don’t matter.

Folks, the character of the president does matter. Morality, honesty, respect for democratic norms and temperament are some of the most important attributes a president should have. No matter how you try to rationalize Trump’s failed character and narcissistic temperament, by any standard he is unfit to be president.

After everything that we’ve learned about Trump, if you still want that man to be your president, maybe you should do some serious soul-searching starting with the questions: What are my values? What is it that really matters to me? What do I really believe in?

Good luck.

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